Debrett's launches debt advisory team, hires FRP's Simon Sherliker to lead

Debrett's has launched a dedicated debt advisory team and hired Simon Sherliker from FRP Corporate Finance to lead it, with Umito Choji joining as senior director, according to Alternative Credit Investor.

Sherliker was a partner in FRP Corporate Finance's debt advisory team, with more than 20 years across debt advisory, corporate finance and banking, including earlier roles at HSBC, Barclays and RBS. The report says he brings relationships with private equity investors, lenders and management teams.

Choji has over a decade of corporate finance experience advising private equity investors and management teams on acquisition financing, refinancing and growth funding, according to the same report.

The team will work alongside Debrett's M&A colleagues on UK mid-market clients. Sherliker said the focus would be "providing high-quality, commercially focused advice across the full range of debt funding solutions," including financing for acquisitions, refinancing and growth. Clive Hatchard, head of advisory at Debrett's, said access to the right funding advice "can be just as important as the transaction itself."